8 Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts (Christmas edition!)

[birdienl]

Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts is a weekly blogging event hosted by Bookishly Boisterous. It allows book bloggers (and non-book bloggers) to write about pretty much anything, bookish or otherwise (i.e. sharing exciting plans for the weekend, rants on things they've encountered during the week etc.)

1. Hello dear people! First of all, a wonderful Christmas to you and your loved ones and a happy New Year!

2. I hope you all had a good run-up to Christmas! Did you do any special 'Christmassy' things, such as go to a concert of visit a Christmas market? I didn't get to do those things this year, but I did vist the Midwinter Fair with my swordfighting friends. This was not very 'Christmassy', as it's a Medieval/fantasy gathering, but it was very nice!  I was a bit afraid I was going to get cold as I only have a linnen summer dress for my Medieval costume, but my woollen mantle and copious cups of hot chocolate kept me quite warm!

As you've seen pictures of me and the other group members in costume already, I will post a picture of another Midwinter Fair visitor here, who was very much in the Christmas spirit!

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3. I really enjoyed decorating my place this year. As you might remember, I moved last January, so this was my first Christmas season in a bigger place and suddenly I had room for all my Christmas decorations! I also got a cute little Christmas tree (just small enough to take home on my bike!)

4. This year my mum and my sister are coming to spend Christmas with me. I'm really looking forward to it, but am also just a bit nervous about playing hostess (Did I buy enough groceries? Will they not get bored? Do I have enough clean and decent looking towels ;-) )

5. The last weeks at work were made considerably easier by listening to Christmas music! The classic carols are my favourites, but I like to listen to many different performances of those. Here are two new favourites I discovered this year:

6. I also had a lot of fun watching made-for-tv Christmas movies this year (Rissi, thanks for your enthusiasm for Hallmark Christmas movies and your helpful reviews!) It's just such a fun way to really kick back and relax and I need that now and then. My favourites were Crown for Christmas and Dashing through the snow.

7. Talking about TV and Christmas, I'm looking forward to the Christmas specials. The trailer for the Downton Abbey special looks daaarling, even though it's a bit bittersweet with it being the ending of an era. And Doctor Who looks like it's going to be lot's of fun and we need a bit of that in the 'Whoniverse'. What are you going to watch around Christmas?

That's it from my side! Hope you all enjoy your holidays and have lots of good times with loved ones, good food and good entertainment.

Comments

[richyl88.livejournal.com]

I hope you have a nice time with your family over :)

I always watch It's A Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve.

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that Christmas market sounds like so much fun! :D That costume is fab!

Your decorations are sooo lovely! What a darling tree! <3

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas visit with your family! I'm sure you will be a wonderful hostess! ^_^

Thanks for the new Christmas music recommendations! I think I will have to check out Crown for Christmas and I'm pretty sure I actually recorded Dashing Through the Snow!

Merry Christmas, dear! <3

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

It's always a joy at such events just to look at other peoples costumes, people are so creative!

We just had our Christmas dinner and it all went very well, the recipes worked out well and it was just good fun overall. Now chilling on the couch with laptop or magazines!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I watched both DW and DA. DW was just bizarre until "Hello Sweetie" then got better. I also enjoyed him getting to experience "bigger on the inside."

Downton's description said it would be bittersweet for some, so I kept waiting for the shoe to drop. Luckily it did not. I teared up a bit but loved it. I want to watch that ep over and over!!!

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

I quite liked DW, I was happy to see the Doctor enjoying himself and I really liked the chemistry between Peter and Alex. And I liked the ending where it really seemed like the Doctor had learned something about things ending, even though he doesn't remember about Clara.

Downton was so amazing! I just watched it this evening and it really nicely wrapped everything up. Ah, so great to see Edith so happy and so lovely to see Rose as well!

[stellicidio.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice Christmas :)

I really enjoyed Crown for Christmas too!

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Hello, Chiara, happy new year to you too!

Christmas was quite lovely and relaxing, such a joy to have a week off to do thing I like!